The members of the national directorate of the AfD party, Alice Weidel and Alexander Gauland, on stage after their election as the leading duo for the general elections at the party's national convention in the Maritim Hotel in Cologne, Germany, 23 April 2017. The rightist-nationalist vice chairman of the party Alexander Gauland and the liberal Alice Weidel will lead the AfD party into the national elections. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa